The Ring of Amasis: From the Papers of a German PhysicianHarper & brothers, 1863 - 301 páginas |
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... least some hints toward our never- ending research into the moral anatomy of man . Literature of this kind is perhaps more congenial to the speculative thought of Germany than to the reading public of England . Still , I am not.
... least some hints toward our never- ending research into the moral anatomy of man . Literature of this kind is perhaps more congenial to the speculative thought of Germany than to the reading public of England . Still , I am not.
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... least , for the excellence of its vintage . As this book is not a biog raphy , and my part in the events I am about to record is only that of a witness , I am anxious to obtrude my own personality as little as possible upon the atten ...
... least , for the excellence of its vintage . As this book is not a biog raphy , and my part in the events I am about to record is only that of a witness , I am anxious to obtrude my own personality as little as possible upon the atten ...
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... insipid ara- besque . In those boxes sit the victims of the great world's great ennui . Fine ladies and gentlemen , who " come late , " like Count Isolani in the play ; but not like Isolani , who , at least , did not 20 THE DOCTOR .
... insipid ara- besque . In those boxes sit the victims of the great world's great ennui . Fine ladies and gentlemen , who " come late , " like Count Isolani in the play ; but not like Isolani , who , at least , did not 20 THE DOCTOR .
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... least , did not come with empty . hands . These come , for the most part , with empty . hearts and empty heads . What is Hecuba to them , or they to Hecuba ? Far dearer to me , I confess , is that dingy orchestra , behind whose smoky ...
... least , did not come with empty . hands . These come , for the most part , with empty . hearts and empty heads . What is Hecuba to them , or they to Hecuba ? Far dearer to me , I confess , is that dingy orchestra , behind whose smoky ...
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... least expected , and was least prepared to hear it . I hear it now as my memory reverts to past events . Perhaps I shall continue to hear it till I have closed this narrative , which , by its restless recurrence , like an unlaid ghost ...
... least expected , and was least prepared to hear it . I hear it now as my memory reverts to past events . Perhaps I shall continue to hear it till I have closed this narrative , which , by its restless recurrence , like an unlaid ghost ...
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ALEXANDER WILLIAM KINGLAKE Amasis amethyst apparition appeared arms Aurora Floyd beautiful boat body Bois de Boulogne Breslau brother CHAPTER character chateau child Cloth consciousness Count Edmond countenance countess DANIEL BUTTERFIELD dark dead dear death Divine door dream Dutch Republic duty Egyptian eternity eyes face fancy father feel Felix felt finger gentleman Gentleman in Black hand haps hast head heard heart honored madam hour human Juliet Kabyl least letter light lips living look Loreley man's master melancholy ment mind mond morning mother mysterious nature never night noble once pain papyrus passed passion perhaps physician poor ring rock seemed seize sensation sense Sethos side sight silent Silesia soul sound strange stretched suddenly swimmer SYLVIA'S LOVERS thee Theresa thing thought tion turned uncon valet voice words young
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